King Raoul Bourgogne FRANCE
- Born: Abt 896
- Married: Bef 13 Sep 910, , , France
- Died: 15 Jan 936, Auxerre
- Buried: Abbey, St Colombe
 Other names for Raoul were BOURGOGNE Duke, Rudolph, FRANCE King and BURGUNDY Duke.
Ancestral File Number: 9GB3-22.
General Notes:
Duke of BURGUNDY, Duke of BOURGOGNE, King of FRANCE 923-936.
BOOKS
The New Columbia Encyclopedia, 1975, p1285, Hugh the Great: "Excluded from the succession on his father's death by his brother-in-law Raoul, [Hugh the Great] supported the candidacy of Louis IV, the Carolingian heir, after Raoul's death in 936."
p2278, Raoul: "Died 936, Duke of Burgundy, King of France (923-936). Elected king to succeed his father-in-law, Robert I, Raoul fought the Normans and the Hungarians, who repeatedly invaded France. He also defended his crown against thosenobles who supported the claims of the deposed Carolingian king, Charles III. The royal authority, lessened in part by objections to Raoul's taking the throne, remained weak under his Carolingian successor, Louis IV."
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1981, Micropaedia, Vol VIII, p708, Rudolf: "also called Raoul (Died 14/15 Jan 936)...His reign was little more than a series of battles...Eventually, only [brother-in-law] Herbert of Vermandois refused to acknowledge him king, and against himRudolf waged a ruthless war...The King had just forced his foe's capitulation when he fell ill and died."
ANCESTRAL FILE
Ancestral File Ver 4.10 9GB3-22 Son-in-law of King Robert I FRANCE.
Marriage Information:
Raoul married Queen Emma FRANCE, daughter of King Robert Paris FRANCE, I and Queen Beatrice De Vermandois FRANCE, before 13 Sep 910 in , , France. (Queen Emma FRANCE was born about 898 in , , France.)
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